It is easy…tempting indeed…to be distracted by the sound & fury of the battle between two powerful men – the billionaire who owns X and has turned it into a megaphone and the British Prime Minister. However, this story is much more important than a clash between Elon Musk and

A man who usually talks about trousers gives a better analysis of tariffs than most economists.

I’ve worked with a lot of people over the years, but meeting @MichaelRosenYes is a definite highlight.

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

The key lesson of the Trump victory for us is that Labour has to deliver the significant improvement in quality of life that people can feel or we face the rise of right wing populism that has swept America. Half measures won’t be enough.

The thing that baffles me is that good and serious people have seen versions of what happened tonight in the US for eight years and are still surprised that people don’t see the world as they do. 1) Voters think “the economy” is “can I afford to live” NOT “we are doing better

Until tonight I was not aware that there is a popular singer called Celeste. Until tonight, 5 lovely women from Liverpool weren't aware that there is a French avant-garde post-hardcore, post-black metal band called Celeste. Sadly for them I was not the one at the wrong gig.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

The Palace of Versailles has around 15 million visitors a year, and France hasn't had a monarchy for 232 years since they excuted all but one. So, for all the Royalists out there, bleeting on about tourism.....shhhhh.

Under Labour plans 73% of farms won’t pay any inheritance tax at all, the smallest farms will be protected and those that do pay will have ten years to pay it. The bleating you hear is very rich people being asked to cough up a bit of money - when they die - maybe.

The Country Land and Business Association says the new £1m cap on agricultural inheritance tax relief will "harm 70,000 farms". That's 1/3 of all farms. What does the actual data show? Less than 500 farms/year will be pay more tax as a result of this change every year. Possibly

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

A voice of sanity. Seems a shame he can’t ever go for the to job himself really.

I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that people on here who use the phrase “let that sink in” are, without exception, absolute fucking dickheads, usually spouting some right wing #speakyourbrains type bullshit. #LetThatSinkIn #twats

Preparing this for when Musk inevitably claims that "Tommy Robinson" is a political prisoner (feel free to send to anyone who does in the meantime) 1. He plead guilty 2. His offence is contempt of court. That means he admits he didn't do what a court ordered 3. He breached the

I really hope this is correct

No you’re not. You’re an app. But not a news app. Some people post their news on you, while others post unverified and compacted bullshit. It’s like calling a running sewer the number one source of premium content in the city.

Trump reveals his dementia in an interview with Bloomberg, as Harris puts his fascism in the context of his dementia. A THREAD

Oh dear @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK I’m a big fan of your podcast, but you owe your tour crew a huge apology. Invading their bus space for the sake of an Instagram clip? Not cool. Not cool at all. Bunk space is private and sacred, you really shouldn’t have been there.

The Daily Mail just won the right to say Douglas Barrowman has "cocktail-sausage fingers". And it won the right to say his actions ruined thousands of lives, led to two suicides, and that he lied about his ties to a likely fraudulent tax scheme. Thread.